A Crack in Perry’s Armor

Imagine walking into your local community bank and seeing someone in a ski mask waving a handgun. You’d likely be frozen in fear, understandably worried about your future and your family.

But what if you looked closer and realized the source of your horror was just a 15-year old kid waving a leaky water pistol? And what if that dynamite strapped to his chest turned out to be harmless road flares held together with duct tape and twine? Would you sit idly by, and let your terrible tormentor walk off with your hard-earned money? Or would you stand up, and say “this has got to stop!”

Texans are a proud, strong, people with a history of fierce independence and courage to do what is right. That is why it is so important to take a look a look at the government around us, to stand up for our families and our future, and to tell the politicians in power that we will not let them risk the future of our state any more.

New poll numbers today show what millions of us already know: Rick Perry is a weakened, failed leader. His disastrous bid for the Presidency harmed not only his own reputation, but Texas’ too. These new numbers show one of his lowest approval ratings ever — lower even than President Obama’s 43% approval in our state. And it is not just Democrats and Independents tired of Perry’s failures. His support among Republicans is down too; in fact, 6 out of 10 Texas Republicans don’t believe he should even run for governor again.

These numbers come as no surprise to many Texans. Less than two years ago, in March of 2010, nearly half of Texas Republicans voted against Rick Perry in his own party’s primary election. And yes, he’s famous for having never lost an election in his home state, but he has always been one of the weakest Republican candidates on the ticket.

From his infamous “Oops” to national attention to his long record of crony capitalism, Rick Perry has never been weaker than he is today. The question is, what are we going to do about it?